Parkinsonism and Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Fortuitous Association or a Shared Immunopathogenesis? by Mariem Kchaou, Nadia Ben Ali, Intissar Hmida, Saloua Fray, Hela Jamoussi, Mohamed Jalleli, Slim Echebbi, Afef Achouri, Samir Belal

“…The later discovery of a sicca syndrome led to performing of further investigations, which revealed the presence of anti-SSA antibodies and a sialoadenitis of grade 4 according to Chisholm’s classification on labial salivary gland biopsy. …”
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Acute Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia due to Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan Therapy by Eric L. Tam, Padma L. Draksharam, Jennifer A. Park, Gurinder S. Sidhu

“…Lab testing was positive for oxaliplatin and irinotecan drug-dependent platelet antibodies on flow cytometry assay. Drug-induced thrombocytopenia (DITP) is associated with several classes of drugs with several proposed underlying mechanisms. …”
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Recent Advances in Electrochemical Glycobiosensing by Germarie Sánchez-Pomales, Rebecca A. Zangmeister

“…., amperometric, potentiometric, impedimetric, and voltammetric), selective binding agents (e.g., lectins and antibodies), and redox species (e.g., enzyme substrates, inorganic, and nanomaterial).…”
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Treatment of Bullous Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Lihua Duan, Liying Chen, Shan Zhong, Ying Wang, Yan Huang, Yan He, Jie Chen, Guixiu Shi

“…Autoimmunity in BSLE is characterized by the presence of circulating anti-type VII collagen antibodies. BSLE patients often present with multiple, tense, clear fluid-filled vesicles and bullae overlying erythematous edematous plaques. …”
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Occult Celiac Disease Associated with Lymphocytic Sclerosing Cholangitis by Hugh J Freeman, WC Peter Kwan

“…Quantitation of immunoglobulins was normal and antimitochondrial antibodies were negative. Retrograde cholangiograms showed radiological features typical of primary sclerosing cholangius. …”
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Updated review on diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by R. Ugiagbe, S. Smith

“…The main themes include invasive and noninvasive diagnostic methods of H. pylori, newer methods, such as a panel of ten H. pylori specific antibodies test, testing for H. pylori using gastric fluid and outer membrane protein-cell receptor reactions diagnostic methods, and serological and pepsinogen tests. …”
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Imunopatogenesis dan Implikasi Klinis Alergi Makanan pada Dewasa by Alexander Kam, Raveinal Raveinal

“…Imunopatogenesis pada alergi makanan melibatkan reaksi antara alergen dengan antibodi yang dimediasi oleh immunoglobulin E, non-immunoglobulin E, atau kedua-duanya. …”
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Sjögren Syndrome Complicated with Cystic Lung Disease and Pulmonary Amyloidosis by Koichiro Takahashi, Hironori Sadamatsu, Shinsuke Ogusu, Kazutoshi Komiya, Tomomi Nakamura, Shinya Kimura, Naoko Sueoka-Aragane

“…Her laboratory findings showed high titers of anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies. Surgical lung biopsy was performed and demonstrated pathologic findings of amyloid light-chain deposition and bronchiolitis with lymphocytic infiltration. …”
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Human influenza A virus H1N1 in marine mammals in California, 2019. by Magdalena Plancarte, Ganna Kovalenko, Julie Baldassano, Ana L Ramírez, Selina Carrillo, Pádraig J Duignan, Ian Goodfellow, Eric Bortz, Jayeeta Dutta, Harm van Bakel, Lark L Coffey

“…From 2011-2018, we conducted surveillance in marine mammals along the California coast for influenza A virus (IAV), frequently detecting anti-influenza antibodies and intermittently detecting IAV. In spring 2019, this pattern changed. …”
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CRALBP is a Highly Prevalent Autoantigen for Human Autoimmune Uveitis by Cornelia A. Deeg, Albert J. Raith, Barbara Amann, John W. Crabb, Stephan R. Thurau, Stefanie M. Hauck, Marius Ueffing, Gerhild Wildner, Manfred Stangassinger

“…In order to test whether CRALBP contributes to human autoimmune uveitis, the specificity of antibodies from human uveitis patient's sera was first evaluated in two-dimensional (2D) Western blot analysis. …”
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XMRV Discovery and Prostate Cancer-Related Research by David E. Kang, Michael C. Lee, Jaydip Das Gupta, Eric A. Klein, Robert H. Silverman

“…The principal confounding factors are the near ubiquitous presence of mouse-derived reagents, antibodies and cells, and often XMRV itself, in laboratories. …”
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: risk for a blood supply, but how about individuals’ health? by Michael X. Fu, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Brendan Healy, Celia Jackson, Daniel Bradshaw, Emma Watkins, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Jaisi Griffiths, James Neuberger, Kathryn Maguire, Monica Desai, Neil McDougall, Nicole Priddee, Stephen T. Barclay, Stuart Blackmore, Peter Simmonds, William L. Irving, Heli Harvala

“…Summary: The implementation of effective blood donation screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) anti-core antibodies with highly sensitive molecular HBV DNA detection in low-endemic countries like the United Kingdom has improved blood safety. …”
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Focal Bronchiectasis Causing Abnormal Pulmonary Radioiodine Uptake in a Patient with Well-Differentiated Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Ash Gargya, Elizabeth Chua

“…Postablation radioiodine whole body scan and subsequent diagnostic radioiodine whole body scans have shown persistent uptake in the left hemithorax despite an undetectable stimulated serum thyroglobulin in the absence of interfering thyroglobulin antibodies. Contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography has confirmed that the abnormal pulmonary radioiodine uptake correlates with focal bronchiectasis. …”
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Neuroborreliosis mimicking demyelinating disease of the central nervous system: case reports by N. Giedraitienė, A. Lisinskaitė, A. Klimašauskienė

“…However, the cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed proteinorrhachia and lymphocytic pleocytosis and the presence of specific IgM and IgG antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid confirmed the diagnosis of neuroborreliosis. …”
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A New Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presented with Tolosa–Hunt Syndrome Manifestations by Maryam Mohebbi, Shahriar Nafissi, Majid Alikhani

“…Based on the rheumatological evaluation and her positive lung nodule, hematuria, dysmorphic red blood cells, and positive antiproteinase 3 classic antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (CANCA-PR3) and also based on the diagnostic criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis criteria for Wegner disease, her treatment was continued with prednisolone 1 mg/kg and also rituximab at the first and 14th day of treatment. …”
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis by Jozélio Freire De Carvalho, Antoniella Fernanda Mendanha Sousa

“…As she showed the presence of lupus anticoagulant antibodies in blood, she did not receive nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. …”
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Experience in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Developed after a New Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19) by R. G. Myazin

“…To study the effectiveness of Kolofort® (affinally purified antibodies to tumor necrosis factor α, to the brain-specific protein S-100 and to histamine) in patients with various variants of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) that developed after a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).Materials and methods. …”
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Rituximab in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis – Challenges and Lessons Learnt by Karthika A Valaparambil, Soumya Sundaram, Sruthi S Nair

“…There were eight seropositive patients (acetylcholine receptor, muscle-specific kinase, or both antibodies) and eight had undergone thymectomy. Median number of crises was 2 before treatment with rituximab. …”
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The prevalence of atrophic gastritis of the body of stomach at Krasnoyarsk population over 45 years old by V. V. Tsukanov, O. V. Tret'yakova, O. S. Amelchugova, E. V. Kasparov, D. V. Rodina, A. V. Vasyutin, N. N. Butorin, Yu. L. Tonkikh

“…Level of pepsinogen-1, pepsinogen-2 and presence of anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies in blood serum was determined by «Gastropanel» test-system («Biohit», Finland). …”
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Potential of Peptides as Inhibitors and Mimotopes: Selection of Carbohydrate-Mimetic Peptides from Phage Display Libraries by Teruhiko Matsubara

“…Phage-display technology has been improved to enable the identification of peptides that bind to carbohydrate-binding proteins, such as lectins and antibodies, from a large repertoire of peptide sequences. …”
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